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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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A meta-analysis of beta-convergence : the legendary two-percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342545
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Technology convergence and digital divides : a country-level evidence for the period 2000-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
convergence. We apply three approaches to convergence – beta-convergence, sigma-convergence and quantile-convergence (q-convergence … check if countries of the given sample tend to form convergence clubs in the relevant years. The analysis is run for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011801809
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Cognitive capital and islands of innovation : the Lucas growth model from a regional perspective
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720764
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A race to the bottom in labour standards? : an empirical investigation
Davies, Ronald B.; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - 2011 - This Draft: November 2011
Among the many concerns over globalization is that as nations compete for mobile firms, they will relax labour standards as a method of lowering costs and attracting investment. Using spatial estimation on panel data for 148 developing countries over 18 years, we find that the labour standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732552
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Regional clusters of innovative activity in Europe : are social capital and geographical proximity the key determinants?
Dominicis, Laura de; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Groot, … - 2011
Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382705
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CO2 highways for Europe modeling a carbon capture, transport and storage infrastructure for Europe
Mendelevitch, Roman; Herold, Johannes; Oei, Pao-Yu; … - 2010
We present a mixed integer, multi-period, cost-minimizing carbon capture, transport and storage (CCTS) network model for Europe. The model incorporates endogenous decisions about carbon capture, pipeline and storage investments; capture, flow and injection quantities based on given costs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009262090
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European electricity grid infrastructure expansion in a 2050 context
Egerer, Jonas; Gerbaulet, Clemens; Lorenz, Casimir - 2013
The European climate targets until 2050 require an adaptation of the generation portfolio in terms of renewable and fossil based generation. Assumptions on the timeline of the targets and the availability and costs of generation technologies are used in energy system models to optimize the cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744987
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Global aging and economic convergence : a real option or still a case of science fiction?
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2007
How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372996
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Defining European wholesale electricity markets : an "and/or" approach
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Janssen, Maarten C. W. - 2009
An important question in the dynamic European wholesale markets for electricity is whether to define the geographical market at the level of an individual member state or more broadly. We show that if we currently take the traditional approach by considering for each member state whether there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378953